Take your Lego building to the next level with our Lego Technic workshops, in collaboration with the team from Gincandescence.
Test out your engineering skills and create moving mechanisms with gears and pulleys.

Session times – 10:30-11:30, 12:15-1:15, 2:00-3:00
These sessions are best suited to children aged 8 years and up.

Pre-booking recommended, tickets cost £7 and will be available for purchase once the museum reopens following current government advice during the isolation period. Accompanying adults do not need to purchase a separate ticket

Join the team from Computer Xplorers for a ton of micro tech fun! With a variety of programming options to suit all abilities, and the BBC Micro:Bits range of inputs and outputs, you will create distress beacons, wearable technology, exploration tools, games and more, using a variety of robot sensors and even radio signals!

These half day workshops are most suitable for children aged 7 and over and their grown-ups. Accompanying adults do not need to purchase a separate ticket.

Session times – 10:30-12:30, 1:00-3:00

Pre-booking recommended, tickets cost £20 and will be available for purchase once the museum reopens following current government advice during the isolation period.

Test your engineering skills to destruction in our family-friendly building workshops.
Forge bridges, raise towers and sculpt beautiful buildings, all from scrap components. Then test them to destruction with weights and wind to win the prize of Chief Engineer!

Family-friendly workshops times: 10:30-11:30, 12:00-1:00
Pre-booking recommended, tickets £5 per child. Tickets will be available for purchase once the museum reopens following current government advice during the isolation period.

These workshops are most suitable for children of school age and their grown-ups, but are accessible to all ages and abilities with adult support. Accompanying adults do not need to purchase a separate ticket.